U+18862 "𘡢" Tangut Component-099 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𘡢
U+18862 "𘡢" Tangut Component-099 is a graphical element from the Tangut script, a logographic writing system used for the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227). This specific component serves as a fundamental building block for composing more complex Tangut ideographs, which historically numbered over 6,000 distinct characters. Defined within the Unicode Standard's Tangut Components block, U+18862 is classified as a radical or subcharacter part, aiding in the digital encoding and scholarly reconstruction of the script. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates modern research, digitization, and font development for this historically significant but largely undeciphered writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+18862 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Tangut Component-099 |
| Block | Tangut Components |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𘡢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𘡢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x98 0xA1 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD822 0xDC62 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00018862 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud822\udc62 |